Putin’s friend Gergiev set to conduct as Italy breaks ban on pro-Kremlin artists

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Sarah Rainsford

Southern and Eastern Europe correspondent

SERGEI CHIRIKOV/AFP via Getty Images Russian conductor and Mariinsky Theater Artistic Director Valery Gergiev is surrounded by classical musicians on stage in Moscow in 2018. — Valery Gergiev seen conducting an orchestra at Moscow’s Red Square in 2018

Russian conductor Valery Gergiev has been barred from European stages ever since…

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